"We were born sick", you heard them say it
Their questions came, for the most part floating around his fevered mind and bouncing off the rage and panic in his heart. When October finally came to look at his wound, he stumbled to the side until he found a seat to collapse into.
"..What happened...yes." Gideon cleared his throat, tried to clear his mind too. "Cian and I went to the Draig Cordillera on a mission. To attempt to find the relic in the Lighthouse. It...didn't go as planned." That much was obvious. He shuddered as his bicep was touched and shook his head, wanting to tell the story in order.
"We intended to use bodies of the Ascended as distraction for the dragons. At first, it worked. But then...we were ambushed by an Ascended...no...something more powerful than that. She descended upon us and at the same time, the one in the box...the Voice herself sunk into her body. I heard her speak." He looked like he might be sick, the idea of hearing the voice of the fake 'Goddess' revulsive. "Cian was dead in seconds. I would have been too, if I hadn't had my compass." To punctuate his point, he took it out of his pocket and slammed it on the table before him, then stared at it's edges as if they might tell him something about the incident.
"...I don't know if they looted Cian's body. I had to leave before the powerful Ascended killed me. She had these blades that flew..." He gestured to his arm, but said nothing else, trailing off and staring at the compass again.
"..What happened...yes." Gideon cleared his throat, tried to clear his mind too. "Cian and I went to the Draig Cordillera on a mission. To attempt to find the relic in the Lighthouse. It...didn't go as planned." That much was obvious. He shuddered as his bicep was touched and shook his head, wanting to tell the story in order.
"We intended to use bodies of the Ascended as distraction for the dragons. At first, it worked. But then...we were ambushed by an Ascended...no...something more powerful than that. She descended upon us and at the same time, the one in the box...the Voice herself sunk into her body. I heard her speak." He looked like he might be sick, the idea of hearing the voice of the fake 'Goddess' revulsive. "Cian was dead in seconds. I would have been too, if I hadn't had my compass." To punctuate his point, he took it out of his pocket and slammed it on the table before him, then stared at it's edges as if they might tell him something about the incident.
"...I don't know if they looted Cian's body. I had to leave before the powerful Ascended killed me. She had these blades that flew..." He gestured to his arm, but said nothing else, trailing off and staring at the compass again.
My church offers no absolutes
Gideon
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